scatter, disperse, dissipate, dispel mean to cause to separate or break up. scatter implies a force that drives parts or units irregularly in many directions.

Fundamentally, scatter works with 1D arrays; x, y, s, and c may be input as N-D arrays, but within scatter they will be flattened. The exception is c, which will be flattened only if its size matches …

scatter verb (COVER) [ T usually + adv/prep ] to cover a surface with things that are far apart and in no particular arrangement:

Scatter refers to loose or haphazard distribution of components: "He had scattered the contents of the table-drawer in his search for a sheet of paper" (Edith Wharton).

scatter, dispel, disperse, dissipate imply separating and driving something away so that its original form disappears. To scatter is to separate something tangible into parts at random, and drive …

SCATTER definition: to throw loosely about; distribute at irregular intervals. See examples of scatter used in a sentence.

Scatter definition: To cause to separate and go in different directions.